Senior Flight Software Engineer, Turion Space
$160-223k
+ Company equity
Office located in Irvine, CA
Satellite manufacturer & operator
Open for applications
Satellite manufacturer & operator
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$160-223k
+ Company equity
Office located in Irvine, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To advance space sustainability, bridge national security capability gaps, and realign incentives across the value chain in satellite manufacturing.
Role
Who you are
- Prior Aerospace experience not required. Looking for impassioned software engineers who want to solve hard problems. We strongly encourage you to apply if you feel you would succeed in the role
- 4+ years of applicable experience with embedded systems programming. C/C++ proficiency mandatory
- Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test embedded software from scratch
- Capable of identifying and solving complex problems with little to no supervision or direction
- Ability and desire to mentor and advise junior team members in a collaborative environment
- A passion for small, fast-paced teams and dynamic organizations
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed to reach critical delivery deadlines
Desirable
- 6+ years of experience developing flight software for spacecraft missions
- Linux and shell command-line tools
- Commonly used spacecraft communications standards and protocols, including CCSDS, CAN, Ethernet/IP, and SPI
- Embedded operating systems, (Yocto, Buildroot, etc.), file systems and boot-loaders
- NASA’s Core Flight System (cFS), F Prime (F'), or other embedded software frameworks
- Software development tools such as Git, GTest, Python
- Experience writing and testing complex, high reliability software which interfaces with external hardware components
What the job involves
- The Senior Flight Software Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and testing software that controls and manages spacecraft systems and operations
- This role involves collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure that flight software meets performance, reliability, and mission-specific requirements
- Design, develop, and own critical flight software solutions for spacecraft and satellite systems
- Provide support for flight software during mission operations. Troubleshoot and resolve software issues that arise during testing and in-flight operations
- Support and mentor a team of dedicated flight software engineers
- Develop and execute test plans to validate flight software functionality. Write simulation code and perform integration and system-level testing to ensure software meets specifications
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Systems, Hardware, Mission Operations, etc.) to ensure communication and functionality across disciplines
- Prepare and maintain comprehensive documentation for flight software, including design specifications, test plans, and user manuals
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by developing and implementing new software standards, processes, and best practices
Our take
To empower critical space missions, Turion Space builds and operates DROID Satellites that its clients can control through the company's operating system (known as Starfire).
The idea behind Turion's approach is to simplify satellite operations by making them non-configurable, instead handling day-to-day operations itself. In this way, the company helps its clients to eliminate friction between platform and bus suppliers, which can hinder the potential of missions.
To support the expansion of its operations, which include non-earth imaging, space debris removal and satellite servicing, the company has raised strategic funding. This positions it well to move towards its goal of producing 45 satellites annually by 2027.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2022
$5m
EARLY VC
Sep 2021
$6.2m
SEED
Total funding: $11.4m
Company HQ
Irvine Spectrum Center, Irvine, CA
Leadership
Ryan Westerdahl
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously spent over 8 years at SpaceX, initially as a Propulsion Development Engineering Intern before becoming a Dynamics Engineer.
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